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Astronauts of the underworld: The scientists venturing into the deep, dark Earth

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241029-the-caving-scientists-exploring-the-darkest-places-on-earth
damnthefilibuster - 1.1yr

Shouldn’t they just be called Terranauts? Or Subterranauts?

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Alexander - 1.1yr

That's mixing greek and latin.

Geonauts? Buthonauts?

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acockworkorange - 1.1yr

That's mixing greek and latin.

And we never do that. Ever.

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damnthefilibuster - 1.0yr

I’m ok with Geonauts. Dafuq is Butho?

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Alexander - 1.0yr

some Greek root for bottom, used, for example, in "abyss", sounds totally chtonic.

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